Who was third prime minister of India?

Answer 1

Lal Bahadur Shastri

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NameTime in officeElectoral mandatesPolitical partyLok SabhaCouncil of MinistersRefs1stJawaharlal Nehru

MP for Phulpur15 August 1947

27 May 196411951, 1957, 1962Indian National Congress1st

2nd

3rd1st

2nd

3rd[1]Indo-Pakistani War of 1947; created Planning commission of India and initiated Five-year plan to increase government investment in agriculture and industry; launched programmes to build irrigation canals, dams and spread the use of fertilizers to increase agricultural production; oversaw widespread poverty and unemployment, even with improvements in agriculture and infrastructure; oversaw establishment of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management; criminalized caste discrimination and increased the legal rights and social freedoms of women; pioneered the policy of non-alignment and co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement; Sino-Indian War; signed the Indus Waters Treaty; granted asylum to the Dalai Lama; oversaw liberation of Goa.2nd

Gulzarilal Nanda

MP for Sabarkantha27 May 1964

9 June 1964*-Indian National Congress3rd-[2]was a caretaker prime minister until Lal Bahadur Shastri was elected as a new leader.3rd

Lal Bahadur Shastri

MP for Allahabad9 June 1964

11 January 19661-Indian National Congress3rd4th[3]Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; pushed for Green Revolution in India and Operation Flood; The National Dairy Development Board was formed; died from a heart attack at a summit in Tashkent.2nd

Gulzarilal Nanda

MP for Sabarkantha11 January 1966

24 January 1966*-Indian National Congress3rd-[2]was in office as caretaker prime minister once again, until Indira Gandhi was chosen as the new leader.4thIndira Gandhi

MP for Rae Bareli24 January 1966

24 March 19771967, 1971Indian National Congress3rd

4th

5th5th

6th[4]nationalized banks; won the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh; signed the Shimla Agreement; tested the first nuclear weapon with Smiling Buddha; initiated Green Revolution in India; established state of emergency from 1975-1977.5thMorarji Desai

MP for Surat24 March 1977

28 July 197941977Janata Party6th7th[5]ended the state of emergency initiated by Indira Gandhi; improved relations with Pakistan, China and the United States; softened its relationship with the Soviet Union; launched Sixth Five-Year Plan, aiming to boost agricultural production and rural industries; the plan proved unsuccessful leading to resurging inflation, fuel shortages, unemployment and poverty; lost many MPs from Janata Party, including his rival Charan Singh, which led to his resignation.6th

Charan Singh

MP for Baghpat28 July 1979

14 January 19803-Janata Party6th8th[6]initiated high level diplomatic relations with Israel; lost support of Congress, which led to his resignation without even a single session of Lok Sabha.4thIndira Gandhi

MP for Rae Bareli14 January 19802

31 October 19841980Indian National Congress (Indira)7th9th[7]Operation Bluestar, which subsequently led to her assassination; 1984 anti-Sikh riots.7thRajiv Gandhi

MP for Amethi31 October 1984

2 December 19891984Indian National Congress8th10th[8]significantly reduced License Raj; expanded telecommunications in India; signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord; Bofors scandal; nullified the Supreme Court's judgment on Shah Bano case.8th

Vishwanath Pratap Singh

MP for Fatehpur2 December 1989

10 November 199031989Janata Dal9th11th[9]negotiated terrorist kidnapping of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter; visited Golden Temple to ask for forgiveness for Operation Bluestar; withdrew IPKF from Sri Lanka; initiated fixed quota/reservation for all public sector jobs as per recommendation from Mandal Commission; Ram Janmabhoomi agitation and subsequent loss of vote of no confidence because of it.9th

Chandra Shekhar Singh

MP for Ballia10 November 1990

21 June 1991-Samajwadi Janata Party9th12th[10]resigned due to accusations of spying on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and subsequent withdrawal of Congress' support; Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.10th

P. V. Narasimha Rao

MP for Nandyal21 June 1991

16 May 19961991Indian National Congress10th13th[11]initiated Economic liberalization in India; SEBI Act 1992; formation of National Stock Exchange of India; 1993 Bombay bombings; introduced TADA; Demolition of Babri Masjid.11thAtal Bihari Vajpayee

MP for Lucknow16 May 1996

1 June 199631996Bharatiya Janata Party11th14th[12]Was in power for only 13 days, after BJP could not gather enough support from other parties to form a majority.12th

H. D. Deve Gowda

MP for Karnataka1 June 1996

21 April 199731996Janata Dal11th15th[12]Chinese President Jiang Zemin begins the first visit by a Chinese head of state to India; initiates controversial president's rule in Gujarat.13th

Inder Kumar Gujral

MP for Bihar21 April 1997

19 March 1998-Janata Dal11th16th[13]Fodder scam; Jain Commission.11thAtal Bihari Vajpayee

MP for Lucknow19 March 19982

22 May 20041998, 1999Bharatiya Janata Party12th

13th17th

18th[14]Pokhran nuclear tests; Kargil War; National Highway Development Project; Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana; Barak Missile Deal Scandal;POTA; Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan; 2001 Gujarat earthquake; 2002 Gujarat violence.14thDr. Manmohan Singh

MP for Assam22 May 2004

Incumbent2004, 2009Indian National Congress14th

15th19th

20th[15]Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement; won the 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence; Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline; expanding ties with Israel; Economic crisis of 2008; National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA); Right to Information Act; revoking of POTA; 2008 Mumbai attacks and the implementation of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; National Intelligence Agency;